diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 95e617c..7b567be 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
     <groupId>net.zyclonite.nassh</groupId>
     <artifactId>nassh-relay</artifactId>
-    <version>1.1.34</version>
+    <version>1.1.35</version>
 
     <organization>
         <name>zyclonite networx</name>
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@
     </developers>
 
     <properties>
-        <vertx.version>4.5.2</vertx.version>
-        <log4j2.version>2.22.1</log4j2.version>
+        <vertx.version>4.5.7</vertx.version>
+        <log4j2.version>2.23.1</log4j2.version>
         <vertx.main>${project.groupId}.MainVerticle</vertx.main>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
         <plugins>
             <plugin>
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.12.1</version>
+                <version>3.13.0</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <source>11</source>
                     <target>11</target>
@@ -92,12 +92,13 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.5.1</version>
+                <version>3.5.3</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <filters>
                         <filter>
                             <artifact>*:*</artifact>
                             <excludes>
+                                <exclude>module-info.class</exclude>
                                 <exclude>META-INF/*.SF</exclude>
                                 <exclude>META-INF/*.DSA</exclude>
                                 <exclude>META-INF/*.RSA</exclude>